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Art and Design Technology
Art and Design Technology
Digital world - Electronic Charm
Digital world - Electronic Charm
We begin this unit by exploring the digital revolution. The children take a look at how quickly technology has developed. We learn about a Micro:bit and decide how it can be suitable for an eCharm. The children are set the problem that a child is walking home from school and wants a keyring for their bag that will help them be seen.
The children write a program to create a Micro:bit flash when it gets dark. They test their program, identify errors, debug it and explain how their finished code works.
The children then create a pouch for their eCharm to secure it to a school bag.
Drawing - Growing Artists
Drawing - Growing Artists
In the unit children will develop as artists, drawing and making annotations, planning and taking next steps in a making process. They will use a range of materials, selecting and using these appropriately with more independence. Their drawing will develop expression and beginning to experiment with quick sketching. They will develop drawing through further direct observation, using tonal shading and starting to apply an understanding of shape to communicate form and proportion. They will explaining their ideas and opinions about their own and other’s art work, giving reasons.
Online safety
We are internet secure!
We are internet secure!
Children understand the importance of strong passwords and being secure online.
We are internet kind!
We are internet kind!
Children know ways in which they can be kind to others online.
Computing
Computing
Creating Media - Video trailers
Children develop their video skills, by using software to create a video book trailer. They will learn to storyboard their trailers before then filming and editing their videos, adding effects such as transitions, music, voice and text.
Journey Inside a Computer
Children learn about the different parts of a computer through role-play and develop their understanding of how they follow instructions
French
French
Our topics:
Clothes
My family
Classroom objects
Vocabulary:
Ma mère rose mon sac
Mon père noir un crayon
Ma soeur blanc une gomme
Mon frère marron une règle
Mes cousins jaune une trousse
Geography
Geography
Spring 1 - Land use and food production.
Spring 1 - Land use and food production.
In this unit we will take a look at the places around us, and begin to look for patterns in land use.
In this unit we will take a look at the places around us, and begin to look for patterns in land use.
We will become cartographers, developing our mapping skills from those learned in Year 2 by making maps of the local area, and agricultural surveyors by considering where different types of farming activities occur within the UK. We will then look at where the food we eat comes from. We will explore how land in temperate and tropical climate zones is used to produce food.
We will become cartographers, developing our mapping skills from those learned in Year 2 by making maps of the local area, and agricultural surveyors by considering where different types of farming activities occur within the UK. We will then look at where the food we eat comes from. We will explore how land in temperate and tropical climate zones is used to produce food.
Spring 2 - Climate zones
In this unit, we will learn about the features of each climate zone and locate countries within each climate zone. We will discuss their features using geographical language.
Longitude Latitude Tropic of Cancer Polar Temperate
Tropic of Capricorn The Equator Tropical
The unit ends with the children learning about the impact of climate change and what they can do to make positive changes to solve this issue.
What small change can you make to protect our world's climate?
Music
Music
This term the children will be exploring how to read and play untuned percussion instruments from simple rhythmic notation. Using xylophones, they will be introduced to reading and playing from basic staff notation (pitch notation).
Through the composer Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’, the children will listen to and explore how a mood or atmosphere can be portrayed through music.
This will lead on to the children composing and performing their own versions of a particular painting or scene.
Video is:
‘The Gnome’ from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ - - Mussorgsky
Physical Education -
Physical Education -
Dance
Dance
In this unit children perform dances, focusing on creating, adapting and linking a range of dance actions. They will begin to demonstrate an awareness of the expressive qualities of dance. These are inspired by a range of stimuli. They work individually, in pairs, small groups and as a whole class.
Basketball
Basketball
Children learn how to outwit their opponents and score when playing invasion games. They develop skills in finding and using space to keep the ball. They play with the same basic court set-up and rules, but use a range of equipment and skills, including throwing, catching, kicking and striking.
Hockey
Hockey
Children learn how to outwit their opponents and score when playing invasion games. They develop skills in finding and using space to keep the ball. They play with the same basic court set-up and rules but use a range of equipment and skills, including throwing catching, kicking and striking.
Gymnastics
Children focus on improving the quality of their movement, eg. by stretching fingers and pointing toes, to help them produce tension and extension. They plan and perform sequences of contrasting actions, and develop flow by linking actions smoothly and planning variations in speed.
Outdoor Adventurous Activities
Children learn how to read and follow different maps and symbol trails. They also take part in a range of trust and communication activities, and in some adventure games.
Tennis
Children focus on developing the skills they need for net games and on how to use these skills to make the game difficult for their opponent. They learn to direct the ball towards the target area and away from their opponent.
Science
Science
Rocks and fossils
We end the term with our topic of rocks and fossils where children learn to compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties.
Children learn how to describe, in simple terms, how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock. They will know and recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.
Light and Shadows
Light and Shadows
This topic is all about light, reflections and shadows. The children will learn about different sources of light, and that we need light to see. The children will work scientifically and collaboratively to investigate reflective materials. They will work in a hands on way to play a range of mirror games, finding out more about reflective surfaces. They will learn that the sun’s light can be dangerous, and will create an advert for a pair of sunglasses or a sun hat that they have designed. The children will test which objects are opaque and will find out how shadows change when the distance between the object and light source changes. They will continue to develop their scientific enquiry skills, making observations, predictions and conclusions.
PSHE
This term in PSHE we;
Looking on the bright side
Learn to think positively about their mistakes to improve mental well being and be grateful for the good things in life.
Relationships
To know others and be a good friend and respond effectively to disagreements.
In Module 2 Unit 2 we learn what it means to be a good friend and strategies to help relationships.
We consider;
Family friends and others
When things feel bad
When things change
In Module 2 Unit 3 we learn that sharing online can be dangerous and to do it safely. How to report inappropriate messages and material.
We consider;
Sharing online
Chatting online
Report abuse